i have a lot to say on this subject, but this isn’t the post i’m going to say it in. not for any other reason than i’m lazy and have a couple buddies in town so my mind is not at it’s sharpest.
but, i will give an example. and that example is netvibes. i was turned on to netvibes by my man nizza who runs the homepage and it rocks my socks right off my feet. what is netvibes? it’s like a homepage that has all kinds of neat modules and tools (like blog search, todo list, etc) but mainly it does a really great job of keeping track of all my rss feeds. (read about rss feeds at wikipedia). it has drag and drop functionality and tabs, web 2.0 near it’s best. both make workflow much much quicker. and one of the best things (although i’m sure there are some kind of far-reaching security concerns) is that it stores all of this online, so it’s seemless going from my computer at work to my home computer. (well for the most part).
i haven’t tried integrating it with iCal (mostly b/c i’m not disciplined enough to use iCal) but i’m hoping to at some point.
it’s a great tool that increases productivity. it’s easy to understand and use, and quite extendible. i’m sure it will only continue to get better. good show, netvibes. i look forward to our continued relationship.
Netvibes is the SHIT. It just saved me so much time on my daily “update me on my friends” cycle. Thanks dude. I love that I can put all of the blogspot updates on there.
i am glad that you enjoy netvibes brandon. i agree that it is the SHIT. the dude who introduced me to it is now on some google reader / greasemonkey fuckin trip, but it doesn’t seem as easy or friendly as netvibes. he asked me…
“listen asshole, do you need a friend or an rss solution?”
my answer, of course, “both.” i like friends… and rss solutions. geez, what’s his deal?